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Vanessa DeLeon knew she was in labor when she decided to stop at Alexis'
preschool to fill out all of the necessary paperwork she needed to ensure her
child was all signed up and ready to go this September. Having already given
birth to Alexis and his two older brothers, you can't blame this woman for
knowing it can take HOURS and hours and, sometimes a day or two -- or five -- to
go from that first contraction to active labor and delivery.

But, boy, did she miscalculate when it came to her fourth baby. In fact,
DeLeon was so off that she ended up asking the school nurse to perform a duty
we're sure she isn't used to.

Right after she dropped off the registration forms, DeLeon says she asked if
anything else was needed of her because she had to get to the hospital --
pronto. But she never even made it to the car. The mom was marched right into
the school's nurse station, where the medical professional says she
didn't even have time to put gloves on before she saw the baby
crowning.

Mom gave birth to a healthy 6-pound, 3-ounce boy named Geovanni. The little
cutie was wrapped up in school T-shirts because they didn't even have blankets
on hand -- ya know, because it isn't every day that a newborn makes his way into
the world via their classroom!

Needless to say, mom bravely pushed without an epidural AND little Alexis got
to experience the miracle of life and be one of the first people on the planet
to meet his little brother. I'm hoping doctors read this story and decide to
take our contraction complaints a bit more seriously -- especially if we're
giving birth to our second, third, or fourth children.

I delivered my second baby about an hour and a half after my water broke. I
didn't have time for an epidural and I barely had time to really think about
what was going on around me. Given the fact that my first born took her sweet
time -- 18 hours -- to emerge from the womb, I would have totally stopped at my
child's school to enroll him in class before moseying my way over to the
hospital. You might say this story will stick in my mind if I try to go for baby
#3.

How was the birth of your second, third, or fourth child different
from the birth of your first?

However, I did give birth to my yds with an external fixator on. Mine was a bit different than this one, the middle circle was closer to my knee and I didn't have a 3rd circle by the ankle, I had 3 screws that came out of my leg, that stabilized my broken tibia, (just above my anke) and connected to another large bar that also was connected to the 2 circles up by my knee. I had 10 wires that were attached to the circles, just under my knee, that went thru my leg, it held the donor bone in place until it healed. (ignore the caption it's not me)

However, I did give birth to my yds with an external fixator on. Mine was a bit different than this one, the middle circle was closer to my knee and I didn't have a 3rd circle by the ankle, I had 3 screws that came out of my leg, that stabilized my broken tibia, (just above my anke) and connected to another large bar that also was connected to the 2 circles up by my knee. I had 10 wires that were attached to the circles, just under my knee, that went thru my leg, it held the donor bone in place until it healed. (ignore the caption it's not me)

It didn'thurt tons unless the wires got infected. Then it hurt...ALOT. I should find the pic of mine, scan it and post it. It's not as involved as that one. It was a modified Ilizarov frame.

Quoting Cafe AmyS:

Suzzanne that looks like a torture device! Yikes!

Quoting 143myboys9496:

Nope..hospital..twice.

However, I did give birth to my yds with an external fixator on. Mine was a bit different than this one, the middle circle was closer to my knee and I didn't have a 3rd circle by the ankle, I had 3 screws that came out of my leg, that stabilized my broken tibia, (just above my anke) and connected to another large bar that also was connected to the 2 circles up by my knee. I had 10 wires that were attached to the circles, just under my knee, that went thru my leg, it held the donor bone in place until it healed. (ignore the caption it's not me)

YIKES Emergency C-section with first and 2nd. Always felt ripped off for first couple of years after 1st. I never knew what a contraction was. WELLLL with my 3rd I started having contractions at 11pm and was into them at 7am. I was leaning into the wall checking in but they still insisted c-section. Body won't dialate. UGHHHHH THEY HURT! and they were the starting

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